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Gilbert Bécaud - L'important, c'est la rose
Song lyrics in French and English translation
Toi, qui marches dans le vent,
Seul, dans la trop grande ville,
Avec le cafard tranquille
Du passant.
Toi, qu’elle a laissé tomber
Pour courir vers d’autres lunes,
Pour courir d’autres fortunes,
L’important...
L’important, c’est la rose.
L’important, c’est la rose.
L’important, c’est la rose.
Crois-moi.
Toi, qui cherches quelque argent
Pour te boucler la semaine,
Dans la ville, tu promènes
Ton ballant.
Cascadeur, soleil couchant,
Tu passes devant les banques,
Si tu n’es qu’un saltimbanque,
L’important...
L’important, c’est la rose.
L’important, c’est la rose.
L’important, c’est la rose.
Crois-moi.
Toi, petit, que tes parents
Ont laissé seul sur la terre
Petit oiseau sans lumière,
Sans printemps.
Dans ta veste de drap blanc,
Il fait froid comme en Bohème.
T’as le coeur comme en careme.
Et pourtant...
L’important, c’est la rose.
L’important, c’est la rose.
L’important, c’est la rose.
Crois-moi.
Toi, pour qui, donnant, donnant,
J’ai chanté ces quelques lignes,
Comme pour te faire un signe
En passant.
Dis à ton tour maintenant
Que la vie n’a d’importance,
Que par une fleur qui danse
Sur le temps.
L’important, c’est la rose.
L’important, c’est la rose.
L’important, c’est la rose.
Crois-moi.
You, that walk in the wind,
Alone, in the huge city,
With the quiet blues
Of the passer-by.
You, that she has abandoned
To run toward other moons,
To run other fortunes,
What matters...
What matters, it's the rose.
What matters, it's the rose.
What matters, it's the rose.
Believe me.
You, that look for some money
To come to the end of the week,
In the city, you walk
Swaying yours arms.
Tumbler, setting sun,
You pass in front of the benches,
If you're just an acrobat,
What matters...
What matters, it's the rose.
What matters, it's the rose.
What matters, it's the rose.
Believe me.
You, kid, that your parents
Have left alone in the earth
Little bird without light,
Without spring.
In your white woolen jacket,
It's cold like in Bohème.
You have the heart like in fast.
And yet...
What matters, it's the rose.
What matters, it's the rose.
What matters, it's the rose.
Believe me.
You, for whom, giving, giving,
I have sung these lines,
As if to make you a signal
Passing by.
Say in your turn now
That life has no importance,
But for a flower that dances
In time.
What matters, it's the rose.
What matters, it's the rose.
What matters, it's the rose.
Believe me.
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